Box B: 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Newspaper clipping "Harvard to Get Bliss Estate for Art Research" published in Washington Times-Herald, November 3, 1940 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 2, Folder: 91Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:news clipping 1940.11.03B
Scope and Contents:
Newspaper clipping titled "Harvard to Get Bliss Estate for Art Research" published in the Washington Times-Herald on Sunday, November 3, 1940. The article reports Robert Woods Bliss, retired American diplomat and Mrs. Mildred Bliss turning over their estate Dumbarton Oaks to Harvard University for a center of research in the fine arts and humanities while a large part of the grounds are to become a public park (Dumbarton Oaks Park). The formal announcement of this decision was made November...